It's 2010 now, and Erick is a Stanford graduate with a degree in electrical engineering; he's spent five years at a leading aerospace corporation; he became president of our Alumni Association and represents Stanford at our "Destination: College" event every year; and recently he went on to complete an MBA at the University of Texas at Austin.

Joined by Participant chief executive Jim Berk, Skoll happened to be dining just up the street from the University of Toronto, where he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering, before moving to the United States to earn his MBA at Stanford.